THE CHALLENGE OF POSTDOC'ING IN THE US: PERSPECTIVES FROM INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLARS

S. L. Mendez; K. Watson; J. A. Tygret

doi:10.21427/N8XH-V956

THE CHALLENGE OF POSTDOC'ING IN THE US: PERSPECTIVES FROM INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLARS

S. L. Mendez
, K. Watson
, J. A. Tygret

Educational Leadership Studies

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Resumen

An intrinsic case study explores the challenges shared by international engineering postdoctoral scholars about working in the United States (US). Little research has been devoted to their experiences despite their stark increase in the postdoctoral labor force over the last decade. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight engineering postdoctoral scholars hailing from Canada, China, Colombia, Iran, Italy, and Thailand. Participant interviews were analyzed inductively and resulted in four themes: (1) Immigration concerns; (2) Strains to find a community; (3) Pressure to publish and secure funding; and (4) Inadequate career counseling. The identified themes could be particularly instructive to Ph.D. advisors outside the US whose students may pursue postdoctoral positions in the US, Ph.D. recipients, US postdoctoral advisors, and US college and university international offices.

Idioma original	English
Título de la publicación alojada	SEFI 2023 - 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education
Subtítulo de la publicación alojada	Engineering Education for Sustainability, Proceedings
Editores	Ger Reilly, Mike Murphy, Balazs Vince Nagy, Hannu-Matti Jarvinen
Páginas	955-963
Número de páginas	9
ISBN (versión digital)	9782873520267
DOI	https://doi.org/10.21427/N8XH-V956
Estado	Published - 2023
Evento	51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education, SEFI 2023 - Dublin, Ireland Duración: sept 11 2023 → sept 14 2023

Serie de la publicación

Nombre	SEFI 2023 - 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education: Engineering Education for Sustainability, Proceedings

Conference

Conference	51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education, SEFI 2023
País/Territorio	Ireland
Ciudad	Dublin
Período	9/11/23 → 9/14/23

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 SEFI 2023 - 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education: Engineering Education for Sustainability, Proceedings. All Rights Reserved.

Financiación

This research is sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP; award #1821008). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations belong solely to the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.

Financiadores	Número del financiador
National Science Foundation Arctic Social Science Program	1821008

ODS de las Naciones Unidas

Este resultado contribuye a los siguientes Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible

Reduced inequalities

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Engineering
Education

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Mendez, S. L., Watson, K., & Tygret, J. A. (2023). THE CHALLENGE OF POSTDOC'ING IN THE US: PERSPECTIVES FROM INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLARS. En G. Reilly, M. Murphy, B. V. Nagy, & H.-M. Jarvinen (Eds.), SEFI 2023 - 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education: Engineering Education for Sustainability, Proceedings (pp. 955-963). (SEFI 2023 - 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education: Engineering Education for Sustainability, Proceedings). https://doi.org/10.21427/N8XH-V956

Mendez, S. L. ; Watson, K. ; Tygret, J. A. / THE CHALLENGE OF POSTDOC'ING IN THE US : PERSPECTIVES FROM INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLARS. SEFI 2023 - 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education: Engineering Education for Sustainability, Proceedings. editor / Ger Reilly ; Mike Murphy ; Balazs Vince Nagy ; Hannu-Matti Jarvinen. 2023. pp. 955-963 (SEFI 2023 - 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education: Engineering Education for Sustainability, Proceedings).

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THE CHALLENGE OF POSTDOC'ING IN THE US: PERSPECTIVES FROM INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLARS. / Mendez, S. L.; Watson, K.; Tygret, J. A.
SEFI 2023 - 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education: Engineering Education for Sustainability, Proceedings. ed. / Ger Reilly; Mike Murphy; Balazs Vince Nagy; Hannu-Matti Jarvinen. 2023. p. 955-963 (SEFI 2023 - 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education: Engineering Education for Sustainability, Proceedings).

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Mendez SL, Watson K, Tygret JA. THE CHALLENGE OF POSTDOC'ING IN THE US: PERSPECTIVES FROM INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLARS. En Reilly G, Murphy M, Nagy BV, Jarvinen HM, editores, SEFI 2023 - 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education: Engineering Education for Sustainability, Proceedings. 2023. p. 955-963. (SEFI 2023 - 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education: Engineering Education for Sustainability, Proceedings). doi: 10.21427/N8XH-V956

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